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“Do I have to?” “You can’t make me.” “The Bible doesn’t say I have to.” “I don’t answer to you.” These sentences, and many like them, have been uttered by some who in the very next breath would claim to be faithful Christians. But these sentiments betray an attitude far from what God intended to produce through the sacrifice of Christ. Philippians 2:5 commands Christians to set their minds as Jesus did when He left the throne of heaven, lived a human life obedient to God, a

Ezekiel was a prophet of God to the Israelite exiles in Babylon. God sent Ezekiel so that the people would know that God had not abandoned them, nor had He stopped speaking to them (Ezekiel 2:5). When God commissioned Ezekiel to his work, He gave him a scroll full of lamentations, mourning, and woe, and told him to eat it. More than that, God told Ezekiel, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you” (Ezekiel 3:3). As Ezekiel went

In Luke 9:44, Jesus instructed His disciples to let certain statements “sink into their ears.” Specifically, Jesus was discussing His suffering and death on the cross. People who listen poorly are often described as letting information go “in one ear and out the other.” Jesus wanted His followers to do the opposite: listen to what He said and let it live inside their heads for a long time. He wanted His words to sink in. God has the same intention for all people, with everyth

When Jesus was on the earth, He was merciful to the people He met. He met lepers, blind men, and even those who were simply hungry and...

“What if we don’t give?” That was the question asked innocently by the little ones in our family on Sunday morning, as I was writing a...

As I pulled into the church building parking lot this morning, I saw a police vehicle sitting at the far exit. We often have motorists...